A team of professionals at the Cuban Institute for Research on Sugarcane Derivatives (ICIDCA) is engaged in eight projects as part of the AZCUBA Sugar Group Development Program.

Cuban president Miguel Díaz-Canel wrote in Twitter about the importance of solidarity and cooperation to face challenges, such as those imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Meteoro 2021 Civil Defense Exercise ended as planned this weekend throughout the country with a view to reducing the impact of natural disasters that hit Cuba every year, whose hurricane season will run from June 1 to November 30.

 Cuban president Miguel Díaz-Canel expressed the commitment of the island to the protection and conservation of the nation's natural heritage, as World Biodiversity Day is celebrated this May 22.

Salvador Valdes Mesa, Cuban vice president, is leading a visit today to the province of Sancti Spiritus to analyze in detail the progress of investments in the hydraulic sector that contribute to food production, including those of the fishing industry.

Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz presided over a government session in the municipality of Gibara, eastern Holguin province, which considered the advancement of local social and economic projects.Holguin, May 21 (ACN) Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz presided over a government session in the municipality of Gibara, eastern Holguin province, which considered the advancement of local social and economic projects.
Marrero Cruz supervised agriculture programs including the planting of different crops in the territory aimed at increasing the local food output. He stressed the need for proper and fast attention of different plantations, including tropical fruits.
The Premier was accompanied by the leader of the Cuban Communist Party in the province of Holguin, Ernesto Santiesteban and by the governor of the province Julio Cesar Estupiñán. Photos available at http://fotos.acn.cu

Omar Garcia, the diplomat who was expelled as persona non grata by the Colombian government May 5th, was officially welcomed today at the Cuban Foreign Ministry in Havana.

Cuba today ratified its willingness to meet the 2030 agenda, the Sustainable Development Goals and the National Plan for Economic and Social Development, despite the impact on Cuban society and economy by the over 60-year US economic, commercial and financial blockade against the Cuban people.

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez described as positive bilateral cooperation and friendly links between Cuba and East Timor.

The Cuban News Agency (ACN) today acknowledged the work and commitment of outstanding professionals with the agency and decorated them with distinctions that underscore a Lifetime Labor and a Year’s Work.

Cuban Metrology has guaranteed the technical support of measurements in the fight against COVID-19 through scientific research, new clinical and microbiological laboratories, and medical equipment, protocols and drugs.

As part of the initiatives that precede the World Conference on Higher Education, scheduled for October, the virtual forum Impact of COVID-19 on Higher Education took place on Wednesday, with professors from foreign universities and the country's Medical Sciences.

A project for the integrated management of drought designed to mitigate its negative effects on Food and Nutrition Security and on water supply in eastern Cuba is being developed at the Provincial Meteorological Center of this province as part of its measures to contribute to sustainable development.

The UNDP Energy Resilience Program for Rural Communities based on renewable energy sources has benefitted over 200 Cuban rural communities.

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel and Army General Raul Castro sent wreaths to honor Cuban National Hero Jose Marti on the 126th anniversary of his fall in action.